The Bonelli family, owners of the Saugus Speedway, are refuting an online rumor that the iconic swap meet venue would be shutting down at the end of March. An online rumor began circulating social media at the end of January that the Saugus Speedway would be shutting down at the end of March. The rumor has been shared over a ...
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St. Francis Dam Tours Return After Three-Year Hiatus
The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society announces the return of St. Francis Dam tours to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the second-worst disaster in California history. After a three-year hiatus, the group is set to return its “renowned” St. Francis Dam lecture and a bus and hike tour at the original dam site in San Francisquito Canyon on Saturday, March ...
Read More »Remembering Deputy De Moranville 113 Years After Fatal Shoot-Out
Jan. 4 marks the 113th anniversary of the shooting death of deputy Charles De Moranville, who was killed in the line of duty in Newhall in 1909. The events that led up to Deputy De Moranville’s death began at 8 p.m. Jan. 4, when John “Arizona Jack” Allen, a cowboy and miner from the Imperial Valley, was having a drink ...
Read More »Santa Clarita History – SCVHistory.com – A Critical Piece Of Our Heritage
The Santa Clarita City Council will vote on an item at Tuesday’s meeting to take over the website and historical archive of the Santa Clarita Valley’s, SCVHistory.com. The website was created by Leon Worden as a labor of love in 1996. Over the years the site has grown to tens of thousands of pages, pictures, videos and interviews. It’s a ...
Read More »St. Francis Dam Disaster 93 Years Later
The St. Francis Dam Disaster’s 93rd anniversary is still remembered to this day by the Santa Clarita Valley, along with other cities affected by the collapse. 93 years ago, the Saint Francis Dam broke and killed more than 400 people in Santa Clarita and the surrounding areas. Filled with water supplied by the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which allowed water to ...
Read More »Pioneer Oil Refinery In Newhall Named Historic Site
The Pioneer Oil Refinery in Newhall, which was the first successful such refinery built and operated in California, has been named a Historic Site in the National Register of Historic Places. On Tuesday, officials with the City of Santa Clarita announced that the refinery had been added as a Historic Site in the National Register of Historic Places, and had ...
Read More »City Council Celebrates 31 Years Of Santa Clarita
The Santa Clarita City Council celebrated the 31st anniversary of the founding of the city with cake after Tuesday’s city council meeting. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. When the city was first founded in 1987, Santa Clarita was 39 square miles and included the communities of Saugus, Newhall, Valencia and Canyon ...
Read More »Santa Clarita ‘Founding Father’ Carl Boyer Sits Down With KHTS
Carl Boyer III, one of the first members of the Santa Clarita City Council, recently sat down with KHTS Radio Owner Carl Goldman to talk about the formation and rise of the City of Santa Clarita. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Before he campaigned for Santa Clarita to be its own ...
Read More »Santa Clarita ‘Founding Father’ Carl Boyer – November 14, 2018
Host: Carl Goldman Guest: Carl Boyer Right Click Here To Download! Click Here To Listen! Carl Boyer III, one of the first members of the Santa Clarita City Council, recently sat down with KHTS Radio Owner Carl Goldman to talk about the formation and rise of the City of Santa Clarita. For the full list of the KHTS Podcasts! Don’t ...
Read More »Antonovich Asks To Hold Off Decision To Move At-Risk Facility To Mentryville
Story by Leon Worden of SCV News. Supervisor Michael Antonovich is asking his fellow supervisors to hold a decision that could move a gang prevention program into the old oil town of Mentryville. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Antonovich’s request to move the agenda item to June 30 appears in a supplemental ...
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